MyHeritage and Legacy Family Tree Webinars announce 24-Hour Genealogy Webinar Marathon March 12-14, 2020
MyHeritage and Legacy Family Tree Webinars has just announced The 24-Hour Genealogy Webinar Marathon, an unprecedented event hosted by FamilyTreeWebinars.com and MyHeritage. The marathon will begin on Thursday, March 12, 2020 at 5:00 pm Eastern U.S. time (Friday, March 13, 2020 at 8:00 am Sydney Australia time) and end on Friday, March 13, 2020 at 5:00 pm Eastern U.S. time (Saturday, March 14, 2020 Sydney Australia time).
You will learn how to trace your ancestors from the world’s top genealogists and educators. From advanced Googling to DNA, from The Great Lakes to Australia and Germany, there’s something for everyone… in every time zone. And thanks to FamilyTreeWebinars.com and MyHeritage, the entire event is free! Pop in for a session or two, or stick around for the full 24 hours — it’s completely up to you. There will even be time for Q&A and door prizes.
How to Listen In
Register at www.FamilyTreeWebinars.com/24. Live attendance is limited to the first 3,000 attendees. If you can’t join us in real time, we’ve got you covered: all recordings will be available absolutely free for a week. Beyond that, you can watch them anytime with a webinar membership to FamilyTreeWebinars.com.
The Lectures
Viewers will enjoy a wide variety of lectures of genealogy and DNA. Each class will be 45 minutes long including time for questions at the end. The full schedule is shown below.
| Title | Speaker | Sydney | London / GMT | Eastern U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| How Do I Know It’s Correct: Evidence and Proof | Rebecca Koford, CG, CGL | Fri Mar 13, 8am | Thu Mar 12, 9pm | Thu Mar 12, 5pm |
| Not Who He Once Was: Tips for Finding Your Name-Changing Ancestor | Mary Kircher Roddy, CG | 9am | 10pm | 6pm |
| A Vast and Virtual Genealogical Library is Waiting for Your Exploration | Mike Mansfield | 10am | 11pm | 7pm |
| How DNA Influences Our Identity | Diahan Southard | 11am | Fri Mar 13, 12am | 8pm |
| Searching By Name: Swedish Records Using ArkivDigital | Kathy Meade | 12pm | 1am | 9pm |
| Advanced Googling for Your Grandma | Cyndi Ingle | 1pm | 2am | 10pm |
| Can a Dead Man Sign a Deed? | Kelvin L. Meyers | 2pm | 3am | 11pm |
| Civil Registration in Australia | Helen V. Smith | 3pm | 4am | Fri Mar 13, 12am |
| Four Sources for New Zealand Family History | Fiona Brooker | 4pm | 5am | 1am |
| Documents of Death | Helen V. Smith | 5pm | 6am | 2am |
| MyHeritage DNA 101 | Ran Snir | 6pm | 7am | 3am |
| Emigration via Hamburg | Andrea Bentschneider | 7pm | 8am | 4am |
| Thankful Villages: the Impact of World War One on Communities | Kirsty Gray | 8pm | 9am | 5am |
| Empower yourself with the MyHeritage DNA Health test | Shahar Bitton | 9pm | 10am | 6am |
| How to Use Dutch Parish Records from the 17th and 18th Century | John Boeren | 10pm | 11am | 7am |
| Researching a Hessian Soldier | Craig R. Scott, MA, CG | 11pm | 12pm | 8am |
| Researching Scandinavian Ancestors? It’s Amazing What You Can Learn | Mike Mansfield | Sat Mar 14, 12am | 1pm | 9am |
| Black, Yellow, Red: Find Your Belgian Ancestors! | Marie Cappart | 1am | 2pm | 10am |
| The Third Coast: How the Great Lakes Shaped America | Cari Taplin, CG | 2am | 3pm | 11am |
| Digital Image Workflows That Really Work | Denise May Levenick | 3am | 4pm | 12pm |
| The Coded Census: Deciphering U.S. Census | Thomas MacEntee | 4am | 5pm | 1pm |
| Advanced Features of MyHeritage.com | Daniel Horowitz | 5am | 6pm | 2pm |
| The Science of Family History | Devin Ashby | 6am | 7pm | 3pm |
| “My Ancestors Were Normans” – Oh Really? Prove It! | Dr. Bruce Durie | 7am | 8pm | 4pm |
The Speakers
Speakers come from Australia, New Zealand, Israel, Germany, England, The Netherlands, Belgium, Scotland and the United States.
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